The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team extended its win streak to ten with a five-set win off back-to-back Big West Conference champion Hawai’i on Friday at the Stan Sheriff Center. The Beach (20-4, 10-0 Big West Conference) won the match 27-25, 25-22, 18-25, 17-25 and 15-10 in its second[Read More…]
Women’s Sports
Season ends here
The Long Beach State women’s soccer team fell just short in its pursuit of another Big West Conference tournament championship after losing 2-1 to Cal State Fullerton in San Luis Obispo on Sunday. A win would have secured the 49ers’ fifth NCAA tournament appearance under head coach Mauricio Ingrassia. But[Read More…]
Battle Between Big West Bests
In the Big West Conference, the top-seed Long Beach State women’s volleyball team will face off against second place Hawai’i on Friday at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu. The 49ers (19-4, 9-0 Big West) won their first meeting against the Rainbow Wahine (16-5, 8-2 Big West) on Oct. 11[Read More…]
Fighting on and off the court
Senior guard Lauren Spargo grew up with a fire captain for a dad. The father-daughter stories did not consist of Disney princesses; instead, he told her about his experiences on the job. One story that she has carried with her since she was a child was about a car fire[Read More…]
Practice Win Repeat
The No. 24 Long Beach State women’s volleyball team will begin the second half of the Big West Conference the way they started the first – on the road. But this time, they’re 8-0. “It’s a long season left,” head coach Brian Gimmillaro said. “There’s a lot of volleyball left,[Read More…]
Final Big West run
With a spot secured in the Big West Conference Tournament, the Long Beach State women’s soccer team will head to UC Riverside on Sunday for the final game of the regular season. The 49ers (8-5-5, 4-1-2) are in the middle of an extended break after defeating Cal State Northridge during[Read More…]
Practice. Win. Repeat.
The No. 24 Long Beach State women’s volleyball team will begin the second half of the Big West Conference the way they started the first – on the road. But this time, they’re 8-0. “It’s a long season left,” head coach Brian Gimmillaro said. “There’s a lot of volleyball left,[Read More…]
Stepping into the forefront
It was a Friday night home game against University of San Diego two years ago. The Long Beach State women’s soccer team took the field without one of their experienced, senior defenders who had suffered a concussion the game before. Instead, a nearly 6-foot, blonde-haired freshman was inserted into the[Read More…]
The making of Big West Champions
Mauricio Ingrassia inherited a Long Beach State women’s soccer program that had endured a six-year period of defeat after its reinstatement in 1998. With a track record for success, Ingrassia took the challenge of rebuilding a floundering program head on, and quickly established the program as a destination for top[Read More…]
Beach sweeps the weekend
The No. 23 Long Beach State women’s volleyball team held onto its perfect record in the Big West Conference by beating UC Riverside and UC Davis in the Walter Pyramid over the weekend. The 49ers (18-4, 8-0 Big West) trounced UCR in three sets and UCD in four, giving the[Read More…]